In the late 1950s and early 1960s, television made its appearance with the transmission of RAI broadcasts in the northeast of the country.
From 1963, certain programs were broadcast by Tunisian public television on an experimental basis or on the occasion of special events.
In this context, it began developing cooperation with French-speaking television, in particular Télévision Suisse Romande, which provided it with programs and welcomed trainees in its Geneva studios.
RTT 2 was closed in 1989 and the following year replaced by Arabic language channel Tunis 2 [fr] until 1994 when Canal 21 was launched.
It was replaced by Tunis 2 [fr], also managed by RTT and then by ERTT, which broadcast its Arabic language programming between 1990 and 1994.